Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society. Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises? That is a peculiar condition of society which enables a whole nation to instantly recognize point and meaning in the familiar newspaper anecdote, which puts into the mouth of a distinguished speculator in lands and mines this remark: -- I wasn't worth a cent two years ago, and now I owe two millions of dollars.

One compliment can keep me going for a whole month.

There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.

I hope all of us may eventually be together in everlasting peace and bliss -- except the inventor of the #‎ telephone .

Temper is what gets most of us into trouble. Pride is what keeps us there.

There are two times in a man's life when he should not speculate: when he can't afford it, and when he can.

It is a solemn thought: dead, the noblest man's meat is inferior to pork.